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Here’s what a 31″ walleye looks like on Humminbird Side Imaging.
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Screenshot from Layne “only catches bigguns” Maier (@laynemaier) puttin’ his Humminbird MEGA Side Imaging to good use on SK’s Last Mountain Lake:
So how can you tell that’s actually a 31″ walleye? ‘Cuz his mom caught it!
> “I was skirting a point and saw [the fish] blown right into it in 10′. We were moving quick so I dropped my cursor back and marked it. …had her jig ready and I doubled back over it…told her to drop when we hit the waypoint and before I even shut the big motor off…her new Fenwick rod (I got her for Mother’s Day) was FOLDED.”
Don’t worry, moms was nice enough to let Layne stick a big ol’ 29-incher too:
> Layne: “I always keep a jig rod handy for moments like these. I knew the wind would have the walleyes pushed into structure so I ran along points and shorelines with my Side-Imaging until I saw a fish stacked up against it.
> “For mine, I immediately Spot-Lock’d the Minn Kota and pitched my jig back to where I figured that walleye was sitting…didn’t get a full reel rotation in before it hit and the fight was on!”
Heard of sharpshooting ‘eyes (vertical on the graph)…this is more like sniping:
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You know you’re on ’em when…
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Seen plenty of doubles and triples…but how about Lake Erie guide Ross Robertson skipping straight to a dang QUINTUPLE?!
Yo Ross — Looks like you could use an extra set of hands over there…
Only other “quintuple” I can think of that’d be more hectic:
Someone needs to get those parents a set of bean bag chairs — Like Ross Robertson — to relax in after a long day of quintupling:
Of course Ross can’t drive from a bag, so he rocks Smooth Moves suspension seat bases up front instead. Same cushy-soft ride on the bigwater, but no doubt more safe at the helm.
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Speakin’ of running multiple planer boards…
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Slobberin’ boss hawgs of the week!
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Ol’ big-head here was one of two 29″+ mud lizards David Grosulak (@dg_fishin) popped on a #7 Rapala Rippin’ Rap that day. #SimmsCandy
Chris Richardson (@cwrichie) stuffed this spawned-out 31″ bruiser pulling a Lindy Rig with a leech in 12′ — gotta love pulling tanks outta shallow water!
Matt Eles (@matt_eles) plucked this 29.5″ hawgbelly off a wind-blown rock/sand transition last weekend. Was using a “pink tiger UV” Rapala Jigging Rap and said, “The bait was stacked up and so were the fish!”
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“I love those famous last-cast fish.”
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– Andy Breker (@andy.breker.fishing) talkin’ about this gnarly European zander, and how that last cast of the day might be the one where we concentrate the harder-est:
But is he talking about the actual last cast, or his 14th “last cast?” Lol.
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News
…to stock walleyes in Lake Osakis.
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Here we go! We’re giving away a $150-ish Phantom Lures prize pack to 3 different winners!! Yup, they make killer WALLEYE baits too.
One of ’em being the Phantom Tilly (left): A vertical jigging bait with a reeeeally nice gliding action that covers a ton of real estate. Love the colors, internal rattle, and no-hook front for snaggy areas:
Oh, and that Phantom Banshee (right) is straight up [fire emoji] on leadcore! That season is comin’ in hot.
Takes 10 seconds to enter here. As always, can share the link you get for bonus entries — good luck!
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Few TargetWalleye.com Highlights
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Tip of the Day
Jason Mitchell breaks down how he targets early-summer ‘eyes by keying in on transition lines where the shallow rock stops. Says those fish will slide up and down throughout the day, so fan-casting around the boat can catch more than getting too focused on hitting the spot-on-the-spot:
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Quote of the Day
“If it looks and smells like a walleye spot, it probably is.”
– That’s Johnnie “catch ’em all” Candle talking about the 43rd annual Devils Lake chamber tourney happenin’ Jun 21-23. There’s a ton of prizes and a whoooole pile o’ walleye waiting for ya. #ChaChing
Husband/wife team Dave and Rendy Randash won it last year after they:
> …found a small underwater rock finger, drove their tiller Lund to the spot, anchored and drifted slip bobbers over and over and over the tip.
Dave said they had also found ’em fishin’ 25-40′ with chubs or bottom bouncers…and even in deep timber with Moonshine Shiver Minnows and Rapala Jigging Raps. So basically can catch ’em anyway you want to this time of year.
Lot more info right here on the family-friendly tourney.
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Today’s ‘Eye Candy
Love me some greeeeen! @jessicadduffy went camping — Manitoba style — so of course it included some shiny, emerald goodness. #Jackpot
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Who is Target Walleye
Target Walleye — walleye during open water and all species during hardwater — is brought to you by Al and Ron Lindner, Jim Kalkofen, Brett McComas and other diehard fish-nuts like you! #fishheads
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Brett McComas is the main man for Target Walleye He was discovered in Brainerd, MN after years of wondering how in the heck people break into the fishing biz. He’s in it now, but still can’t answer that question…. Brett is one of those guys who majored in marketing, only because there was no such thing as a “fishing degree” at the time…. Get him at brett@targetwalleye.com
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